as in carriage
a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers
for their old-fashioned wedding, the couple arrived at the church in a Victorian-era equipage, complete with costumed driver
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Recent Examples of equipage
And the reality is that the airlines don’t have the equipage.
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Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
The carriage house proper boasted a livery room and space for six large equipages.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
Today, Queen Elizabeth sat alone in an equipage; her husband Prince Philip did not attend after recently undergoing hip surgery.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2018
Mercer’s influences are crystal clear in this work, which is dripping with drama and difficult equipage (the dancers literally toss heavy wooden chairs across the stage).
—Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
The carriage house proper boasted a livery room and space for six large equipages.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
Today, Queen Elizabeth sat alone in an equipage; her husband Prince Philip did not attend after recently undergoing hip surgery.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2018
Mercer’s influences are crystal clear in this work, which is dripping with drama and difficult equipage (the dancers literally toss heavy wooden chairs across the stage).
—Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipage
Noun
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Regional blackouts and network carriages jam up the in-market viewership.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Travelers should check their airline's contract of carriage online to confirm their compensation policies, which can vary by carrier and country.—
Hana Al-Khodairi,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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After the rise of Christianity, the passages under the Hippodrome, a stadium once used for chariot races and gladiator fights, were repurposed as workshops for dyeing fabric and making pottery.—
Durrie Bouscaren,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2026
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The design, based on an official poster for the Games, depicts the Olympic rings and a golden statue of a muscular man crowned in laurels next to a chariot of horses atop Berlin’s Brandenburg Gates.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Equipage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipage. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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